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Feliciana

Feliciana proper noun: an unincorporated community in Graves County, Kentucky, United States.

Proper noun

Feliciana

  1. An unincorporated community in Graves County, Kentucky, United States.
  2. A female given name from Latin.
    • The last quarrel arose from Mr[.] Pompeau’s being more sweet upon Miss Feliciana Woodland, a coloured spinster, than suited Mrs. Pompeau’s ideas of decorum.1832 December 14, “Delicate Distresses”, in James K. Cook, editor, Mississippi Journal and Natchez Advertiser, volume I, number 8, Natchez, Miss.: N. Wooster, →OCLC, page [4], column 4
    • But Cæsar [Pinkerton], like his immortal namesake [Julius Caesar], is ambitious, and he aspired to have a wife. He felt that there was no reason why he should not have as much trouble as any white man in existence and he therefore paid a series of delicate attentions to Miss Feliciana Dusenberry, a...1835 April 14, “Police Scenes”, in York Gazette, volume XV, number 47, York, Pa.: [Adam] King & [Adam John] Glossbrenner, →OCLC, page [2], column 2

Examples of Feliciana in a sentence

  • Jenkins?” said Miss Angelica Feliciana Potts.1842 May 11, J. W. Warren, editor, The Wetumpka Argus, volume VII, number 7, Wetumpka, Ala.: J. W. Warren, →OCLC, page [3], column 3:
  • Jada and Jesse Arreola welcome baby Kloe Feliciana Nicole Arreola, girl.2012 March 11, “[Birth Announcements] Feb. 21”, in Alamogordo Daily News, volume 115, number 61, Alamogordo, N.M.: MediaNews Group, →OCLC...
  • The first baby to be born in Wood County for 2015 took her time in arriving as Feliciana Alyshia Flores came into the world at 1:39 a.m.2015 January 7, Bill Ryan, “New Year’s baby arrives at Wood County Hospital”, in Sentinel-Tribune, Bowling Green, Oh., →OCLC, page 1...

Origin of Feliciana

Learned borrowing from Latin Fēlīciāna, feminine of Fēlīciānus. By surface analysis, Felicia + -ana or Felician + -a.

Questions about Feliciana

What does Feliciana mean?
Feliciana means an unincorporated community in Graves County, Kentucky, United States.
How do you use Feliciana in a sentence?
Jenkins?” said Miss Angelica Feliciana Potts.
What part of speech is Feliciana?
Feliciana is a proper noun.

Words near Feliciana in the dictionary

  1. felibrean
  2. Feliceni
  3. felices culpae
  4. felicia
  5. Felician
  6. Feliciana
  7. Felicians
  8. felicias
  9. felicidal
  10. felicide
  11. felicific

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